Okay this diet thing is worse than I thought...they usually are. I figured "eh, 17 days NO BIGGIE, chicken and lettuce I won't get sick of it..." wrong was I. This is very difficult for me, I love to indulge in homemade comfort foods, carbs, sweets (a plethora of sweets might I add). This plain sucks. I keep telling myself "hey your already 3 days in you can do it". I am this close to going downstairs and grabbing a 100 calorie snack, more specifically the fudge crackers. Actually I'm even closer to driving to chick fil a for a banana cream shake or a piece of chocolate cake from the grocery store. I am literally starving. If you started this diet because you saw my post...good for you! I don't mean to discourage you in any way. I've stuck to my diet thus far and I plan on sticking to it for the rest of the 17 days. If I make it GREAT! If I don't...GREAT! Maybe I just need motivation.
Just for venting purposes, here are my current top cravings :)
My biggest craving right now would be a super moist, dense, flavorful Lemon Poppyseed Pound cake...YUM!
Some Burger King french fries :)
A slice of chocolate cheesecake!
Any hot dog with ketchup, cheese, mustard, and relish would suffice.
A sausage and cheese kolache please...preferably from Dos Gatos.
AND last but not least, a coke!! The cold, bubbly, fizzy-ness of it all sounds so delicious right now...sigh.
If you're dieting, I hope you're having better luck ;)
I started a new diet today, the 17 day diet. Look it up it's legit. I'm the last person to just "try" something and fall for the BS but this diet is great so far...we'll see in 17 days how far I get. Then I start the next cycle which is another 17 days of recipes and exercise :) I think with motivation and God's strength I can get through the first tough cycle and truly make this a lifestyle change.
I'll update you on my progress frequently.
In other news: Hugh Hefner is getting married soon...again. I discovered I love greek yogurt and truvia. My cat is amazing :)
We'll start off with a new song for you to listen to, unless you've already heard it! Here's the video for it to watch also :) they're attractive.
AND....
...Finally the tissue paper flowers
Okay, so you can go to any store that carries tissue paper and get any color(s). Usually they're folded up in the package so try, if you can, to flatten them out a little before you start.
You'll need:
Tissue paper at least a package or two.
Scissors.
Floral wire. ( I got mine at hobby lobby in the flower section but I'm sure you could find it a Michaels or any other craft store. Mine is also green.)
So to start off grab 2 flat pieces of tissue paper, keep them together. Start folding back in forth, as if you were making a fan (I usually keep the folds about 1 inch to 1 1/2 inches).
After you're done folding to the very end cut a piece of your floral wire, about 6-8 inches (enough for you to fold it in half and fit the paper in it and have leftover wire at the bottom to twist, you be the judge.)
Before you cut your wire and fit it around the tissue paper, you can cut your tissue paper to the desired size. Because I like smaller flowers, I cut mine smaller. In the picture it's about 6-7 inches long.
Next you're going to fan out, pull apart, your tissue paper so the two sides meet.
From here you're going to separate the two pieces of tissue paper, it's going to feel like you're ripping them so be careful and don't pull too hard.
After you put the wire around the folded tissue paper, you should have twisted the leftover at the bottom, this is going to be the bottom of your flower. After you've pulled the two sheets apart, pull the bottom layer up close to the top layer to create the flower. Mess around with it until you like what you see.
To make the stem just cut a longer piece of your floral wire and twist it around the twisted piece of your flower.
You can even add something in the middle if you would like like a button.
Also, instead of doing to layers of the same tissue paper, you could layer two different colors!
I hope the pics helped, have fun with your flowers!
For me personally it's the little things that get me through the day. I've always fancied myself an optimist (obviously from my previous post) and I'm glad I can turn something bad into something good or never let a bad day get me down...probably why I hardly ever cry (and that is the truth people!). I know I can rely on God for anything. Whatever burdens I may have from day to day, I let them go and let God take care of them. Think of it this way: God is the driver of the car, you be the passenger, let God take the wheel and steer you in the right direction! It will bring you much peace if you just learn to let it go and not worry about so many things in life. Everything will be worked out in the end and your journey through life will be much more rewarding and satisfying if you just take the future as it comes and tell yourself "it's going to be okay, the Lord has my back" and He does! He wont let the righteous fall! Anxiety leads to a heavy heart, let it go and live in the peace of the Lord.
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?"
Matthew 6:25-27
"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble"
I've had this "floater" in my eye for about 2 weeks now. I'm a hypochondriac so of course the second I believe something is wrong with my eye, I diagnose myself with retina detachment. It turned out to be just a floater lol but I was still worried nonetheless. It's still here though. So I've returned to my previous diagnosis and I'm just waiting for the moment I suddenly go blind in one eye, super.
Also I didn't get the chance to make the potato salad (for picture purposes) but I do have the recipe...I'll put it up later. As well as the tissue flowers I'm making.
But I can provide you with a joke just in case you were hoping to come here today and take away something.
Only because I have chemistry early in the morning tomorrow:
Two atoms were drinking in a bar Atom 1 said frantically "I think I lost an electron" Atom 2 replied "Oh no, are you sure?" Atom 1: "I'm positive"
hahaha, probably the only one to find that funny but oh well.
Sooo...today I helped a good friend of mine build her portfolio (she's a photography minor). We went out to a river nearby, with the boyfriend, and took lots of cute photos. This one is my favorite! We also took a few silly ones with my kitty before we left, they're hilarious lol.
She's pretty angry with us in this picture, I tied a tissue paper flower around her neck lol.
I'll post the "how to: tissue paper flowers" tomorrow as well as a really good potato salad recipe!
